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Continuing Early Learning Preschool at Our Home

by on Sep 09, 2011 in learning at home

It is an exciting new year to continue our early learning education at our home! I am excited to take another year to really invest in my daughter, Karis, before launching her into kindergarten. Although she could begin this year with her knowledge of letters, sounds, and numbers, I don’t want to rush it or [...]

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Creative & Simple Activities For Kids

by on Sep 07, 2011 in learning at home

Written by monthly contributing writer, Michele at Frugal Granola. My children love it when I announce, “It’s project time!” (And I love giving them simple, supervised outlets for their creativity, instead of discovering they’ve emptied out all the soap in the bathroom or honey in the pantry…) I keep a simple stash of art supplies; [...]

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Scripture Memory with Toddlers

by on Jul 15, 2011 in building the family, learning at home

Written by monthly contributor, Natalie Didlake Hearing my children reciting scripture sometimes takes my breath away. Their little sing-song voices echo verses back to me as they repeat words they sometimes don’t even understand…”O Lord, you have searched me and known me…” Breathtaking! But actually buckling down to work daily on scripture memory with little [...]

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Fun Early Learning Resources for Summer or Any time of Year

by on Jul 08, 2011 in learning at home

With summer upon us and the quickly approaching arrival of our third child, I was trying to plan some fun simple activities that my preschool daughter could work on that wouldn’t require much time or energy on my part. I wanted something educational but different from the normal schooling routine. I wanted some activities that [...]

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August at Our Home

by on Sep 04, 2010 in learning at home, news & giveaways

It was a lovely month at the Edmonds home. Aaron and I helped serve at Compassion Vancouver, an effort in our community to offer free medical, dental, and social services to the needy. I was coordinating the hospitality team and it was wild and crazy day serving several hundred people, but the event went extremely [...]

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Homemade Calendula Salve

by on Sep 01, 2010 in frugal & simple, health & nutrition, learning at home, natural & green

Nearing the end of summer, my herb garden is ready for harvest! This post is written by contributing writer, Michele. A homemade Calendula Salve is a staple in my homemade remedies box. It is the perfect treatment for chapped hands and faces (such as from winter winds, gardening, or babies’ teething drool), soothing little ones’ [...]

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Why Do We Want to Homeschool?

by on Aug 06, 2010 in learning at home

Photo credit As we begin planning and preparing for the education of our children, my husband and I have been prayerfully considering and discussing why we would like to homeschool them. I was personally homeschooled through high school, while Aaron was homeschooled through junior high, and we both loved the experience. But I know that [...]

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Karis’ Preschool Plan

by on Jul 30, 2010 in learning at home

We are so excited to begin some more focused preschool activities with Karis this year. She loves her school time! My goals this year for my little preschooler is to read a lot of good solid literature together, memorize one Bible verse each week, learn our letters, and cultivate a love for learning and serving. [...]

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Karis Reads “Go, Dog Go!”

by on Jul 29, 2010 in learning at home

Here’s a sweet video clip of Karis reading Go, Dog Go! by Dr. Seuss. She only heard it 5-6 times before she had the whole story down and could read it aloud to herself. I thought it was so cute and had to post it for your enjoyment! This book is one of her favorites [...]

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Read Aloud: The Best Education

by on Jun 28, 2010 in building the family, learning at home

“You may have tangible wealth untold: Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold. Richer than I you can never be – I had a mother who read to me.” -Strickland Gillian, ‘The Reading Mother” Do you take those precious moments to read aloud to your children? Again and again perhaps? Did you know establishing this [...]

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